LONDON — Former members One way We reunited for the bandmate’s funeral on Wednesday Liam Payne.

Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson attended the funeral of 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month, with friends and family.

His coffin was carried in a horse-drawn carriage to St. Mary’s Church in Amersham, 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of London. Mary’s Church. Funeral attendants carried the dark blue coffin, with silver handles and decorated with white roses, to the 800-year-old church for the special ceremony.

The funeral location was not publicly disclosed in advance to prevent a large crowd from gathering, but dozens of locals and fans still gathered nearby.

Tara Lloyd, 20, who works at nearby Amersham Hospital, said: “I was a huge One Direction fan growing up, so I almost felt like a little piece of the kid inside me had disappeared.”

The crowd fell silent as Payne’s parents, Geoff and Karen, got out of the car and stood next to the car, which was decorated with flowers that read “Son” and “Father.” Payne had a 7-year-old son named Bear with singer Cheryl Tweedy.

Among the mourners were Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy, actor and presenter James Corden, former footballer Robbie Keane and music mogul Simon Cowell, who brought together One Direction.

After the service, Cowell embraced Payne’s parents outside the church, after which the late singer’s coffin was taken away in a black hearse.

One Direction was formed in 2010 when five teenagers auditioned as solo acts for “The X-Factor” and were brought together by Cowell, a judge on the show. With his loyal fan base “Directioners” one of the most successful boy bands of all time.

Following the band’s split in 2016, Payne embarked on a solo career that failed to compare to One Direction’s success. She has also been open about struggling with mental health and alcohol amid the pressures of fame.

Prosecutors in Argentina said Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants in his body when he died after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hospital room. Casa Sur Hotel On October 16 in the capital of Argentina. accused three people “abandoning a person upon death and subsequent death” and “facilitating the supply and use of narcotic substances”.

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This version confirms that the funeral was on Wednesday.